hOn/takedown_timeline.md

Timeline of events

2024-01-15

hon | 98 Stars | 23 Forks
pyhOn | 17 Stars | 5 Forks

• Haier wrote the takedown mail
• Replied that I take it down in the next days
• Updated the README of Andre0512/pyhOn and Andre0512/hon
• Created a new release with takedown info, so people know why it was removed
• Posted the info to the community board
• Talked to some friends that convinced me to not give up
• Asked on the home assistant discord to how to handle this, got the info on discord that my integration does not violate the law
• Extreme79 created an the issue #147 to disscuss how to help
• Talked to my law insurance and after a talk with a general lawyer I have been given permission to consult a lawyer of my choice

2024-01-16

hon | 100 Stars | 32 Forks
pyhOn | 18 Stars | 13 Forks

• People in #147 started to write their opinion on all available channels
• u/Waluicel created a post on r/homeassistant that got 400+ comments
• People started to contact journalists and organizations to help
• I had a call with an IT lawyer who pointed out many of the risks I was exposing myself to despite having insurance

2024-01-18

hon | 122 Stars | 103 Forks
pyhOn | 23 Stars | 64 Forks

• Louis Rossmann created a video and calls for "not" forking
• Forks and stars of the repos started to blow up
• BleepingComputer published an article about the topic
• Home Assistant team got in touch with me
• I wrote Haier another mail and tried to get some clarification and reach some agreement
• l00ps pointed out who's the opponent

2024-01-19

hon | 321 Stars | 711 Forks
pyhOn | 121 Stars | 552 Forks

• Tech sites in many countries start to report about it eg Hackaday, Tweakers, ilSoftware and Caschys Blog
• The Wikipedia articles of Haier and List of Streisand effect examples gets updated
• LauLaman started a petition in the Netherlands to force manufactories to provide local APIs and forcing them to opensource firmware as soon as they stop supporting devices
• Linus Tech Tips talks about it in his WAN Show
• Haier US answered on X that they have nothing to do with it and support open IOT platforms
• Haier Europe created a blog post and said they are committed to enhancing the smart home scenarios in line with authorized usages and intellectual property rights of Haier Europe.
• Mark Atwood, Principal Engineer in the Open Source Program Office at Amazon offers free consultant

2024-01-20

hon | 562 Stars | 1555 Forks
pyhOn | 228 Stars | 1199 Forks

• Got an answer from Head of Brand & IOT Haier Europe, he proposed scheduling a call involving our IOT Technology department to address the issue comprehensively and respond to any questions both parties may have.

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